Improved stop for coach-doors



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY KILLAH, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVED STOP FOR COACH-DOORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,892, dated December10, 1861.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY KILLAM, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Stopfor Coach-Doors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1is a side view of my invention applied to a coach-door; Fig. 2, ahorizontal section of the same, taken in line a: m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

This invention is designed to prevent coachdoors opening beyond acertain limit, the same being a plane at right angles with the side ofthe body, whereby the door is prevented from coming in contact with theback wheel of the vehicle, and the stop so arranged as not to interferewith glass windows when the same are made to extend quite low in thesides of the body of the vehicle, as is frequently the case.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a coach-door, or rather a secion of one, and B the lowerhinge of the two, which secure it to the body 0.

D represents a portion of the back seat of the coach, and E is the frontrail, to which the front part of the seat D is secured.-

F is a curved metal bar, one end of which is attached by a hinge orjoint a to the door A near its hinged edge and in line with the rail Eof the seat D. The opposite end of the bar F is attached by a hinge orjoint I) to a slide G, which is fitted and allowed to slide freely onahorizontal rod H, secured to the rail E at its front side and in such aWay as to project out sufiiciently from the rail to allow the slide G towork on it. (See Fig. 2.) The rod H is of such a length and placed insuch a position on the rail E as to admit of the door A opening to aposition at right angles with the side of the body 0. The contact of theslide F with the outer bracket 0 of the rod H prevents the door openingbeyond the point specified. A spring I, which may be of india-rubber ora spiral wire, is placed on the rod H adjoining the bracket 0. Thisspring breaks all concussions, which would otherwise be caused by arapid opening of the door. This attaching of the rod H to the rail E ofthe back seat D and the slide G of the bar F being placed thereon placesthe whole device out of the way and entirely free from the body 0, andlow glass windows may be used in the body without being broken or at allendangered by the use of the stop.

I do not claim, broadly, a stop-bar F applied to a coach-doorirrespective of the manner of application and arrangement of the same;but,

Having thus described my invention, what I do claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

The curved bar F, slide G, and guide-rod I-I, arranged as shown, andapplied, respectively, to the door A and seat-rail E, as and for thepurpose set forth.

HENRY KILLAM. [L. 8.]

\Vitnesses:

LYMAN E. MUNsoN, HOMER B. SPRAGUE.

